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Critics have long teased Apple users for their distinct lack of mouse buttons, and Apple users are constantly attempting to either defend themselves by saying "nuh uh, I bought a separate multi-button mouse!" or by taking the trickier route of attempting to explain the HCI theories behind one-button mice, all the while secretly resenting Apple for putting us into that position.
Ya know...you don't *have* to blindly defend Apple. You could actually form your own actual opinion. Don't be a propagandist or a company tool.
Regarding mice: See, I don't care what option is the best for the dumbest 1% of the population, and designing your hardware around that is asinine. I still want to meet these people who are confused by two buttons and sterilize them for the good of mankind. Also, the "go buy a mouse" argument falls flat when one invokes the concept of a laptop - sure, for desktops, who cares. However, I own a powerbook and I would like full functionality from the thing that doesn't involve peripherals. Screwing 99% of the population for the good of the 1% makes no sense. Fortunately the 'book has a number of other pleasing features that make it worth it, but the trackpad is one of my top 5 peeves.
Regarding the x86 issue: I haven't accused you personally of anything before, and I'm not going to start defending the slashdot hordes now if they've called you names. However, in general, it's the timing of everyone's jumping on the x86 bandwagon that stinks. Hey, if you're not on that wagon, it doesn't apply to you. Congratulations for forming your own opinion (or at least being stubborn:) However, there are a number of people who were slamming x86 architecture three months ago who have been praising the decision as genius since. For that kind of a turn around, one needs to be drinking some serious kool-aid.
In short, the hypocrisy issue may not relate to you, but I'm pretty sure it's not a straw man because it relates to *many* on slashdot. There's a little too much flaming, ranting, and Steve worship for my taste.
I'd like to step aside from all the hardware and software questions people are going to throw at you and focus on a more tangible topic: footware. When someone like yourselves accept a job stomping on baby ducks all day, do you invest in new boots, or do you just come to work in whatever old shoes you have in your closet?
Horsecrap. Basically, your argument is whatever Apple does is exactly right, and more/less is wrong. This is the same crowd that up until TODAY said that more than one button would lead to widespread panic, confusion, and anarchy. Now two buttons plus a programmable surface and a cursor that looks like it was stolen from a Thinkpad is perfection.
Same rhetoric as it was for the x86 chips. x86 was terrible until Apple adopted it, right?
I don't know... in more civilized law systems some rights are upheld EVEN if you signed them away.
That's why they are called "unalienable", you know.
Knock off the condescending crap. I'm pretty sure things like employment contracts and limited non-compete clauses are quite legal in your country too.
speaking *very* generally, KDE apes windows and Gnome apes pre-OSX Mac. Diametrically opposed viewpoints. KDE goes for more options/control, Gnome, generally, less.
You can't combine those. And hell, what's wrong with choice? You've got 27 linux distros, you can't handle two major window managers? You're lucky it's just 2!
his old building was not big enough to accommodate all the extra buisness he recived when providing free WiFi.
Business or people? As others have mentioned, I'd be wary of how freeloaders impact things. Also, too many wireless users have the effect of turning a vibrant coffeeshop into a dull, cube-less office.
If it was me, I'd do free wireless during the week, and try to get local musicians in for the weekends.
Interestingly, Google is (in part) trying to say in California, where they are, the law prohibits the kind of thing Microsoft is doing right now (it's a good law, by the way). But people, the contract this guy signed was not signed in California. Microsoft is based in Washington State. I tend to think Microsoft has a point here...
But google's based in CA, and if the *violation* occurs in CA, I don't even see how this WA judge has jurisdiction.
Email is asynchronous? Someone has never worked in a modern office in a midsized-to-large enterprise. Trust me....in a corporate office, the exchange server will dutifully plug away as you and 5 other co-workers hit reply all every 3 seconds. [*sigh* -- i miss pine....]
If I ever wrote malware, it would strip the "reply all" button off of outlook. I love "reply all" the best for listserves though. Nothing like getting a bunch of "How do I subscribe to this list" messages in my inbox.
the future is the HURD. Even in the future, the future will still be the HURD.
If the GNU kernel had been ready last spring, I'd not have bothered to even start my project: the fact is that it wasn't and still isn't.--Linus Torvalds, 1992.
One thing where MSIE excels over Firefox is exactly providing totally unrestricted access to all the system resources of the client's system, for any website developer/programmer, even without need for confirmation from the user.
excel (k-sl')
v., -celled, -celling, -cels.
v.tr.
To do or be better than; surpass.
Don't mean to insult your vocabulary, but are you sure that's the word you meant?;)
I'm sure, with your small World View and asinine opinion, you are not in any position to "do business" with them anyway. Generally, code monkeys like you are LOW on the totem poll.
Not when we have $$$ to spend. I do, and if your site won't let my browser through, you lost a customer.
It's also a good harbinger of how good their customer support is in general, I've found.
I would also point out that the ones with the small "world view" are the ones supporting only one browser.
A better way to do it would be to stick a little message notification bubble above the system tray. This would also prevent movies from auto-running.
That's a good idea. I don't know that autoinstall is a problem because you have to choose an action before anything happens, according to the synopsis. However, I've always hated autorun because it's intrusive - if I put a disc in, I probably know what I want to do with it, and it's guesses are usually wrong.
A nice little bubble as you suggest would help a lot. Hell, I don't know if they take suggestions as such, but you should give it a try.
the led wouldn't be in the sound circuitry, but in a completely seperate circuit.
We're talking about audiophiles here. These people would convince themselves that they can hear a difference in their equipment in Nebraska when I turn my TV in Alaska on because our power grids are connected somewhere in Texas.
For what it's worth, you can have issues with components dirtying up the power supply. I've seen it but not with audio - If you're doing research with a lot of sensitive electronic equipment, you have to isolate the power or you'll get line cycle noise. I had a buddy who couldn't get decent images with an atomic force microscope until after work, because he could turn off all the lights on the whole floor.
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From article: Critics have long teased Apple users for their distinct lack of mouse buttons, and Apple users are constantly attempting to either defend themselves by saying "nuh uh, I bought a separate multi-button mouse!" or by taking the trickier route of attempting to explain the HCI theories behind one-button mice, all the while secretly resenting Apple for putting us into that position.
Ya know...you don't *have* to blindly defend Apple. You could actually form your own actual opinion. Don't be a propagandist or a company tool.
Hey, but at least you guys went to the Super Bowl in 98...oh wait. No. You got beat by the Falcons.
(Nelson voice:)Ha ha!
new troll?
Surprisingly, I *am* a mac owner...
Regarding mice: See, I don't care what option is the best for the dumbest 1% of the population, and designing your hardware around that is asinine. I still want to meet these people who are confused by two buttons and sterilize them for the good of mankind. Also, the "go buy a mouse" argument falls flat when one invokes the concept of a laptop - sure, for desktops, who cares. However, I own a powerbook and I would like full functionality from the thing that doesn't involve peripherals. Screwing 99% of the population for the good of the 1% makes no sense. Fortunately the 'book has a number of other pleasing features that make it worth it, but the trackpad is one of my top 5 peeves.
Regarding the x86 issue: I haven't accused you personally of anything before, and I'm not going to start defending the slashdot hordes now if they've called you names. However, in general, it's the timing of everyone's jumping on the x86 bandwagon that stinks. Hey, if you're not on that wagon, it doesn't apply to you. Congratulations for forming your own opinion (or at least being stubborn :) However, there are a number of people who were slamming x86 architecture three months ago who have been praising the decision as genius since. For that kind of a turn around, one needs to be drinking some serious kool-aid.
In short, the hypocrisy issue may not relate to you, but I'm pretty sure it's not a straw man because it relates to *many* on slashdot. There's a little too much flaming, ranting, and Steve worship for my taste.
Actually, those are penguins, not ducks.
Same rhetoric as it was for the x86 chips. x86 was terrible until Apple adopted it, right?
That was two months ago http://www.macworld.com/2005/06/features/intelfaq/ index.php. This month is ice sculpture.
That's why they are called "unalienable", you know.
Knock off the condescending crap. I'm pretty sure things like employment contracts and limited non-compete clauses are quite legal in your country too.
In other words, your high horse is a pony.
You can't combine those. And hell, what's wrong with choice? You've got 27 linux distros, you can't handle two major window managers? You're lucky it's just 2!
That's not "emergencies." That's almost "slavery."
Sick bastard. Is this the answer to "How do you keep a Lindows user busy?"
his old building was not big enough to accommodate all the extra buisness he recived when providing free WiFi.
Business or people? As others have mentioned, I'd be wary of how freeloaders impact things. Also, too many wireless users have the effect of turning a vibrant coffeeshop into a dull, cube-less office.
If it was me, I'd do free wireless during the week, and try to get local musicians in for the weekends.
No.
I'll take emergencies, at least they're interesting and allow me to make a case for a raise.
But google's based in CA, and if the *violation* occurs in CA, I don't even see how this WA judge has jurisdiction.
If I ever wrote malware, it would strip the "reply all" button off of outlook. I love "reply all" the best for listserves though. Nothing like getting a bunch of "How do I subscribe to this list" messages in my inbox.
Some things never change, eh?
Don't mean to insult your vocabulary, but are you sure that's the word you meant? ;)
I wonder about that now, since their in-house fraction of firefox was 10% before the recent push. I'd bet they're near 20% now.
Check again, IBM encouraged its users to switch to firefox two months ago. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39 020384,39198253,00.htm
Not when we have $$$ to spend. I do, and if your site won't let my browser through, you lost a customer.
It's also a good harbinger of how good their customer support is in general, I've found.
I would also point out that the ones with the small "world view" are the ones supporting only one browser.
The only way to go! I might still "double up" - you know, running XP in vmware on linux, which is itself in vmware on linux.
You know, just to be sure.
That said, I've had more problems with vmware crashing my host system running linux than with Windows 2000/XP going belly up.
My experience too, but at least it doesn't take the host with it.
A better way to do it would be to stick a little message notification bubble above the system tray. This would also prevent movies from auto-running.
That's a good idea. I don't know that autoinstall is a problem because you have to choose an action before anything happens, according to the synopsis. However, I've always hated autorun because it's intrusive - if I put a disc in, I probably know what I want to do with it, and it's guesses are usually wrong.
A nice little bubble as you suggest would help a lot. Hell, I don't know if they take suggestions as such, but you should give it a try.
We're talking about audiophiles here. These people would convince themselves that they can hear a difference in their equipment in Nebraska when I turn my TV in Alaska on because our power grids are connected somewhere in Texas.
For what it's worth, you can have issues with components dirtying up the power supply. I've seen it but not with audio - If you're doing research with a lot of sensitive electronic equipment, you have to isolate the power or you'll get line cycle noise. I had a buddy who couldn't get decent images with an atomic force microscope until after work, because he could turn off all the lights on the whole floor.
Nobody says that. BSOD in 98 was as common as the clap in a sorority.
That said, following the same analogy, I still wouldn't do XP without wrapping it up first.